The day starts early out by Rives Junction. Dew still silvering the grass, the old rail crossing quiet, a mower warming up while the sky over the fields goes from gray to pink. Rise & Shine Landscaping LLC keeps lawns cut, edged and trimmed through the mid-Michigan growing season, when a week of rain can turn a yard into a hayfield overnight. Spring brings the rake-out, winter's litter of twigs and matted thatch hauled off so the turf can breathe again. By November the mowing gives way to leaves, and the last pass of the year leaves a lawn buttoned up for the cold.